Stove-leo connection



0c 192 A. H. TINNERMAN' STOVE LEG CONNECTION Filed Feb. 4, 1927 vgnue'nfot Patented Oct. 18, 1927.

UNITED STATES:

PATENT OFFICE.

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v STOVE-LEG CONNECTION.

Application filed February 4, 1927. Serial 110. 165,884.

This invention relates to stove construction and more particularly tomeans for locking theleg of a stove to the frame. In modern stoveconstruction a sheet metal band extends around the base of the frame.This strip has a comparatively thin surface along the bottom edge andhence'considerable difficulty has been experienced in providing aneffective means for clamping the stove leg in place. 1 7

An object of the present invention, therefore, is. to make a simpleconstruction by means of which a stove leg may be readily attached tothat type of stove which has a band extending around the base of theframe. A further ob ect is tomake an attaching device which inadditionto holding a stove leg in proper position may be utilized forsecuring the stove to a packing crate.

. The preferred construction by means of which my invention is accomplised is illustrated in thedrawings, wherein Fig. 1 shows diagrammaticallya stove outline in plan view; Fig. 2 is a section taken on an enlargedscale on a plane indicated by the line,

22 in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the attachment on aplane indicated bythe line 3+3 in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a perspective viewshowing a part of a stove leg which is made in accordance with myinvention; Fig. 5 is a vertical section through a part of the stoveshowing the manner of attaching it to a crate; Fig. 6 shows a boltretaining device in use, and Fig. 7 is a section illustrating amodification of the cross bar construction.

A stove frame, indicated at 10, is illustrated as having a base band 11which is attached thereto in the usual way. The band is shown in theshape of a rectangle and as extending beneath the bottom of the frame,where it forms a seat against which the stove legs may engage.

Each stove leg has a pair of shoulders 12 which extend at right anglesto each other, and are arranged to fit snugly against the base band.Each leg also has an inturned horizontal flange 13, which is providedwith a notch 14, and into which a securing member shown as an eye-bolt15 may extend. The under surface of the flanges adjacent the notch, issloped upwardly from the normal plane of the flange, while the member 15is so connected to the base band, that the direction of application oflocking pressure extends obliquely to the vertical. In this way theshoulders 12 are wedged securely against the bottom edge, and innersurfaces of the base band. a Y

. One construction for holding the securing member 15 in positionembodies. a cross bar 20 which extends diagonally between twointersecting sides oftthe base band, as shown in Fig. The cross bar maybe rigidly connected to the bandin any suitableway, but the connectionillustrated however is made by riveting over the ends of the cross barcross-bar and has1a wing-nut 22 which co'- operates with the bolt toclamp thelegito' the frame. In Fig. ,7, the cross bar 20 is attached tothe frame by independent removable securing members which are ordinarilyemployed for holding the beadingstrip in place. I

An important advantage of my invention is the fact that the stovecan belocked in a packing crate for shipment when the legs are removed fromthe stove. To this'endithe bolts 15 may be passed through openings inpart of the packing crate as illustrated in Fig. 5. This savesconsiderable time by eliminating the necessity anduse of specialclamping means between the stove and crate. -When the stove is removedfrom a: crate and is about to be assembled it is desirable that allsharp projections beneath the bottom of the base band be eliminated, soas to prevent scratching of a surface over which the stove may be moved.Since the eyebolts tend to assume a vertical position when the stove isremoved from a crate, and therefore tend to scratch or mar the floorsurface, I provide means associated with the frame for temporarilyholding the bolts above the bottom of the base band. One form of suchmeans comprises a flexible sheet metal strip 30-, which is rigidlyfastened to the inner surface of the base band and is adapted to be bentupwardly, as indicated in Fig. 6 and to form a support onto which theeye-bolt may rest until the stove is assembled. After the assembly themember 30 may be bent backwardly to the original position.

A stove leg connection made in accordance with my invention isadvantageous in that it permits an assembly to be made in an expeditiousmanner and insures an even distribution of clamping pressure against thesides of the base band. Moreover, the cross in devices.

bar construction, adjacent the corners, in-

creases the rigidity of the assembled stove. A. further importantadvantage of my in-. vention is the fact that the. eye-bolts which holdthe stove legs in place maybe utilized for clamping the stove to apacking crate;

This obviates the necessity for special clamp tachedthereto, astovelegfand means pivframe, of abase band associated therewith,

otally niounted' upon said member and adapted to be attached to the legfor clamp ing it'to said base band. 1

'8.- In a stove, therombination with a said base band being in the shapeof a rec- ,tangle, thestove leg having shoulders disposed at rightangles to each other and adapted to engage the bottom and inner surfacesof two sidesof said baseband, a crossbar extending cllagonally betweentwo of the sides, an eye bolt pivotally mounted on said cross-bar, andmeans associated with the eyebolt forlocki'ng it to the stove leg...

4. In a stove, thecombination with a hollow frame arrangedin the form ofa rectangle, a stoveleg, means disposed inside the frame for clamping itto the stove leg,

to the leg forsaid means including. a member carried by the frame andextendingdownwardly and inwardly therefrom, whereby the direction ofapplication of the clamping pressure extends obliquely to a planepassing through one of thetframe sides.

5. In combination, a stove frame having the sides and extendingdiagonally therebe tweem a stove'leg engaging the sidesrand an eye boltpivotally' mounted on the cross.- bar and adapted to be attached'to the"leg, said leg having an abutment against which vertical sides, a crossbar connecting two of the bolt may be. engaged, whereby the di I rectionof application of clamping pressure? between the bolt andleg extendsobliquely? to avertical'line- I V p 1 6.5111 a stove, theqcombination.with. a

frame, of a. stove leg, means for attaching the frameto the leg, saidmeans including a member pivotally-mounted upon the frame andadaptedto-engage.Isaid leg, and other means associated with the framefor. engag.-.

mg said member and holding it in a pre-" determined position above thebottom of the frame when the stove leg is disconnectedfrom the frame. j3

7. In combination, a stove. frame, astove leg, means connecting theframe and. leg,

said -means including a member pivotally:

mounted on the frame, and a. flexible member associated with the frameand'ada-pted to engage the first mentioned member for:

holding it in a-predetermined position above the bottom of the framewhen. the leg. is;

disconnected from the frame.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto signature.

- ALBERT H. TINNERMAN: Y

